Table 3.
Clinical, genetic, pathologic, and biochemical features of the present cohort (n=136), stratified by autopsy-confirmed hippocampal sclerosis of aging (HS-Aging) and advanced Alzheimer’s disease (Braak NFT stages V or VI) pathologies
| HS-Aging pathology ? → | HS-Aging no | HS-Aging yes | p-value for Braak V/VI status |
p-value for HS- Aging status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced AD (Braak NFT Stages V or VI) pathology ? → |
Braak V/VI no |
Braak V/VI yes |
Braak V/VI no |
Braak V/VI yes |
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| n | 55 | 44 | 13 | 24 | N/A | N/A |
| Age at death, Avg | 85.3 | 79.5 | 89.4 | 86.2 | 0.032 | 0.006 |
| % Female | 56.4 | 52.3 | 69.2 | 62.5 | 0.729 | 0.279 |
| % Normal cognition/clinical state | 61.8 | 7.1 | 15.4 | 0.0 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| % Demented cognition/clinical state | 14.5 | 81.0 | 84.6 | 95.8 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Final MMSE Score, Avg* | 27.5 | 16.0 | 18.8 | 11.9 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| % SLCO1A2/IAPP risk allele(s) | 29.1 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 7.2 | 0.072 | 0.992 |
| % GRN risk allele(s) | 36.4 | 43.2 | 50.0 | 29.6 | 0.296 | 0.490 |
| % TMEM106B risk allele(s) | 83.6 | 79.5 | 79.2 | 25.3 | 0.253 | 0.518 |
| % ABCC9 risk allele(s) | 25.5 | 15.9 | 30.8 | 25.0 | 0.307 | 0.472 |
| % APOE ε4 allele [+]* | 21.6 | 37.1 | 25.0 | 45.5 | 0.032 | 0.270 |
| DG: % [+] TDP-43 inclusions | 11 | 18 | 77 | 67 | 0.321 | <0.001 |
| DG: median # inclusions in [+] cases | 1.5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | ||
| CA1: % [+] TDP-43 inclusions | 24 | 18 | 85 | 75 | 0.956 | <0.001 |
| CA1: median # inclusions in [+] cases | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15.5 | ||
| CA1 TDP-43 neurites, median | 1.05E-03 | 1.06E-03 | 3.17E-02 | 1.05E-02 | 0.859 | <0.001 |
| Sub: % [+] TDP-43 inclusions | 11 | 18 | 77 | 67 | 0.526 | <0.001 |
| Sub: median # inclusions in [+] cases | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16.5 | ||
| Sub TDP-43 neurites, median | 1.04E-03 | 1.79E-03 | 1.41E-02 | 5.96E-03 | 0.807 | <0.001 |
| % with Frontal Cx TDP-43 | 1.8 | 0 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 0.441 | 0.002 |
| T4 fg/mg brain tissue, Avg | 195.8 | 183.44 | 182.7 | 211.89 | 0.984 | 0.265 |
| T3 fg/mg brain tissue, Avg | 7.58 | 7.59 | 7.83 | 7.91 | 0.885 | 0.654 |
| Average of T3/T4 ratio, Avg | 0.039 | 0.041 | 0.043 | 0.037 | 0.861 | 0.721 |
| PMI (hrs), Avg | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 0.051 | 0.633 |
-APOE genotype was available on 120/136 (88.2%) of the included subjects, and final MMSE scores were available for 126/136 (92.6%) of subjects.
N/A: Not applicable.